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Teacher the national education magaZine since 1987 abn 19 004 398 145 print post approved issue number issn 1449-9274 pp 255003/01018 196 – november 2008 publisher reGuLArS 4 editorial australian council for educational research managing editor dr steve holden 03 9277 5466 email holden@acer.edu.au national advertising manager carolynn brown 03 9277 5468 email brown@acer.edu.au production ralph schubele email schubele@acer.edu.au regular contributors david loader brian brennan david rish ted myers subscriptions email subscribe@acer.edu.au phone 03 9277 5470 fax 03 9277 5499 web teacher.acer.edu.au private bag 55, camberwell vic 3124 All reasonable attempts have been made to trace copyright holders of material published. Material contained in Teacher is protected under the Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968. No material may be reproduced wholly or in part without written consent from the copyright holders. The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Publisher or Editor. The Editor reserves the right to edit, abridge or otherwise alter articles for publication. All photographs have been published on the understanding that appropriate compliance with privacy legislation has been obtained. The attention of advertisers is drawn to the Trade Practices Act 1974 and the provisions of the Act that apply to advertising. It is not possible for Teacher to ensure that advertisements published herein comply in all respects with the Act and the responsibility must therefore lie with the person, company or advertising agency submitting the advertisement for publication. Teacher is proudly printed in Australia by Printgraphics. Printgraphics, an ISO9001 quality-endorsed company, uses environ mentally-sustainable production practices to ISO14001 standard, the internationally-recognised standard for environmental management, on New Era elemental chlorine- free stock sourced using sustainable forest practices from a mill accredited to ISO14001 standard. Printgraphics prints under ISO14001 Environmental Certifi cation and is an ISO9001 Quality Endorsed Company Publishers Australia g r owi n g y o u r p u b l i s h i n g b u s i n e s s 22 national news 32 diary 34 LOOkinG intO prActice 38 cases of science teaching and learning: hands up, who wants chocolate-chip cookies? so who wants, um, worms? the refl ective principle 35 grapevine 36 at the chalkface 64 reviews 66 the last word 16 curricuLum & ASSeSSment 42 42 from little things, big things grow: why not start your own kitchen garden? 46 dare to achieve: a bold curriculum LeADerShip 50 FeAtureS 6 ict trends in education 14 noted: record keeping using ict 16 embedding sustainability prOFeSSiOnAL DeveLOpment 24 emotional professional development 28 boys and laser lights 30 the art of teaching 38 inFOrmAtiOn & cOmmunicAtiOn technOLOGy 58 twitter: viral professional development and networking 61 brave new world? ACER is a member of the Publishers Australia association OutSiDe the SQuAre 62 for literature contents 3 education and the law: construction pitfalls...and how to avoid them 54 see the world: how to organise the ultimate learning experience 46